Inspirationalism, founder of the movement, classical contemporary music composer, Dae-Ho Eom

Ⅰ. Inspirationalism

1. Proponent: Dae-Ho Eom (1972~, Dae-Ho Eom, Korea)

Inspirationalism is a new trend in 21st century classical music advocated by composer Dae-Ho Eom. It contains a philosophy that seeks the source of musical creation in divine inspiration to restore the essential purity and morality of humans based on righteousness, and elevates the spirit of humanity through this.

2. Key Features:

1) Backlash against 20th century rationalism: The 20th century was a time when rationalism and materialism dominated and human spirituality was alienated. Dae-Ho Eom attempted to express the inner self and spirituality of humans through music as a reaction to this trend of the times.

2) Pursuit of innate human values: He seeks to express universal human values ​​through music. 3) Spirituality and religious elements: Based on deep faith, express the spiritual world through music.

4) Communion with creation: Reflect the sounds and rhythms of nature and the supernatural in music to pursue harmony between creation and humans.

5) Maintaining and breaking away from existing musical forms: Without maintaining or being bound by traditional musical forms, develop new musical languages ​​and musical forms (Fantaga) and try various musical expressions without rejecting previous languages.

3. First inspirational works:

1) Music: ≪For the Creator≫, the 200th song of composer Eom Dae-ho's "Essays Written through Improvisation", performed on the piano on September 17, 2009.

※ YouTube (https://youtu.be/uqdozaopeBs?si=0vqCti6xksUroOM9)

2) Literature: ≪Inspirationalism poetry≫ by Guillermo Vargas Jiménez, published on May 28, 2010